: The Dead Wood

Liang Yan failed repeatedly in the bottleneck, and he had great hope for the Breaking Border Pill, but he failed in the end. After repeated blows, his mood almost collapsed.

He let out a long breath and walked out of the cave. It was late at night, and there were almost no figures in the mountain road. Liang Yan looked up at the sky and saw that the night sky was as dark as ink, the waning moon was half hidden and half visible, and there were not even a few stars, which fit his depressed and bitter mood.

The great way of heaven and earth is far away. Liang Yan didn't know where he should go or what he should do.

He was confused and his soul was not returned to his position, and he walked aimlessly in the valley. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had walked to the Cangmu Peak again without realizing it.

Liang Yan sighed and smiled bitterly, "It seems that I still can't forget this game in the mountains."

Although he knew that "Senior Sister Tang" could not come again, he still couldn't help but climb up the mountain road. When he reached the top of the mountain and looked down the tree, it was indeed empty and there was no one there.

Liang Yan laughed in his heart. He was really confused. Not to mention that Senior Sister Tang said she would not come again in the future. Even before, she had never played chess with her at such a late time.

He walked under the tree and saw a chessboard on the huge rock with black and white chess pieces on it.

"Huh?" Liang Yan was puzzled. Could it be that there were others playing chess here at this time?

He focused his mind and looked at the chessboard, and suddenly he was stunned. Isn’t this the endgame he saw when he came to Cangmu Peak the first day?

On the chessboard, the black piece was still swaying and claws, looking arrogant. Bai piece was controlled everywhere, like a trapped dragon and fighting, without any hope.

Liang Yan stared at the chessboard and suddenly felt that Bai Zi looked like the true energy and spiritual power in his body, and was limited by his own qualifications everywhere; while the black Zi was like suppressing his own bottleneck, which was invincible at all.

He looked at him for a long time and suddenly felt a strange attraction, attracting his entire mind. He turned into the white dragon, rolling black clouds, pressing on his head and roaring.

The stars in the sky are all over the sky, and the stars in the sky are also turned into the nineteenth lateral distance. When you are in it, you only feel that every step around you is an opportunity, and you are also shocked to realize that every step is a murderous intent!

"And!" He let out an unwilling roar from his body, slowly scanning around, but his heart gradually calmed down. During the period when he met the girl in white, he had worked hard to study chess day and night. His chess skills were a thousand miles a day, and it was no longer the time when he first saw this endgame.

Liang Yan transformed into a white dragon and was in the scene. He realized that although the black cloud was powerful, it was not an iron barrel. It seemed to be full of everything, but in fact it was strong outside and did the inside.

"If you are willing to give up your own city and go straight to this confidant behind this black man, you may not be able to have a new world."

Thinking of this, Liang Yan raised his hand and picked up a white piece, and fell on the chessboard with a bang.

When this son fell, it was like seeing the sun with a clear cloud, the hidden dragon ascended to heaven, and Liang Yan's mood suddenly became clear. On the chessboard, the white dragon roared and rose into the air. From then on, the sky and the earth were great, and he could be free!

Liang Yan looked at the chessboard and sighed slowly after a long time. Bai Zi was reborn, but what about himself? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Just as he came back to his senses from the chessboard, he suddenly felt a warning and looked at the other side of the big tree. There was an old man standing there, with white hair in blue and white hair, a rosy face, looking at him with a smile.

Liang Yan was extremely frightened. He had been here for so long, but he didn't notice that there was one more person around him. He didn't feel at all when this person came here.

Before he could think too much, the white-haired old man said, "Who are you? How did you find this Cangmu Peak?"

After Liang Yan saluted respectfully, he said, "I am brought here by a senior sister."

"Oh? What does the senior sister you are talking about look like?"

Liang Yan described it briefly according to the impression in his mind. The white-haired old man had already nodded secretly and thought to himself: "It turned out to be the girl Butterfly Fairy, that girl is eccentric, this is like something she would do."

Thinking of this, the old man turned his gaze to the chessboard under the tree, and said with a strange look: "Which disciple are you a disciple of the chess road?"

"This younger generation is not a disciple of chess, but in fact, he is a disciple of a trait of mates." Liang Yan replied awkwardly.

Unexpectedly, the old man laughed loudly after hearing this: "Miscellaneous Disciple? Hahahaha! What a merciful disciple of the formation lineage, wonderful, wonderful!"

After laughing for a while, the old man seemed to be in a good mood. He looked at him and said, "Boy, are you willing to play two games of chess with me?"

Liang Yan was no longer the boy who was ignorant of the world at that time, and he also knew that the old man in front of him must be an unfathomable senior. He just bowed and said, "My younger brother's chess skills may ruin his senior's pleasure."

"It's okay, you and I have a destiny to make friends here. No matter how old you and I have, the past is already a cloud of clouds. All the trivial matters in the world are in this place."

"Okay, since that's the case, I dare not obey."

The two sat on the ground and played chess under the tree. Both sides concentrated on their minds. After three games, the sky turned pale. Unexpectedly, Liang Yan lost all the losses.

Liang Yan smiled bitterly and said to the old man: "My younger brother's chess skills are too bad, and he is even less qualified to be an opponent for his seniors. It really disturbs his seniors' pleasure."

But the old man twisted his beard and stared at the chessboard, and smiled quite satisfied: "No, no, no, your 233rd move in the last game is actually hidden. Unfortunately, you ignored the future and ruined this good game of chess in vain."

Liang Yan reviewed the chess game and found that it was indeed as the old man said, but he had to ignore the beginning and end, and he really couldn't take care of it. It was because the old man made rigorously and echoed the front and back, and he often stood at the corner of the lineup before him. No matter how he changed his moves, he would be taken first by the old man and lost the opportunity.

"Actually, with your talent and your cultivation level of the third level of Qi training, you are qualified to participate in the trial training of outer disciples of chess Taoism. Why not try it?"

Liang Yan's heart was shocked. This was the first time someone saw through his cultivation in person. This shows that the old man's unfathomable depth was obvious. He did not dare to neglect and answered truthfully: "It's not that you don't go, but that's not. My qualifications are too poor. I have been stuck at the peak of the third level of Qi training for a long time. Even if I borrow the Breaking Pill, I can't break through. I'm afraid that my cultivation in this life will be difficult to improve."

When the old man heard him say this, he was silent for a while and said leisurely: "Boy, do you know my name?"

Liang Yan was stunned, not knowing what he meant, so he could only answer: "Disciple doesn't know."

"My name is Hei Musheng."

"Xiaomusheng" Liang Yan has been in Yixin Pavilion for more than three years, and has heard of many famous elder names in the sect. But he just lets him rack his brains and can't remember the number "Xiaomusheng".

"You must be wondering who this rotten wood is born?" The old man seemed to see through what he was thinking and laughed:

"It's because when I first stepped on the immortal path, I became famous chess masters, but I was stuck in the third level of Qi training for ten years. At that time, all my senior brothers and brothers around me were ahead of me, making me have no face to face the respectful teacher and named myself "Scale Wood", which means that rotten wood cannot be carved, not the fault of my master."

Liang Yan didn't expect that he would have such a past, but the old man sitting in front of him now had a deep breath as deep as the sea, and he was obviously reborn.

"Later I became a golden elixir, and Master added the word "sheng" to me after the rotten wood. From then on, my name is rotten wood, meaning that rotten wood can be reborn, and sick trees can also be seen in spring."

After the old man said that, he kept silent, just staring at Liang Yan with bright eyes.

Liang Yan took a deep breath, as if he was shouting at the wake of a blow, his heart was wiped out, and he stood up and bowed slightly to the old man.

"Thank you for your advice!"

Sukiki smiled and waved his hand: "I'm just telling you a story. To practice one way, you still have to rely on yourself. Especially if the bottleneck breakthrough requires one step at a time, otherwise the foundation of the Tao may be unstable in the future and a disaster will come."

As he said that, he took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve and handed it to him, "This is a martial art I created. You are a serious disciple, and you are not qualified to go to the Chuangong Pavilion to borrow the martial arts. I think you are practicing it yourself by yourself. Why not just look at my movie."

Liang Yan reached out to take it and saw five big words written crookedly on the scroll: "The mind is unrestrained and the mind is not fixed."

He was delighted, "I have practiced the gangster skills of the old monk for so long that I can't break through the third level of Qi training. The so-called stones in other mountains can be used to attack jade. This "Mindless Mind Method" may help me break through!"

Thinking of this, Liang Yan took a deep breath and bowed respectfully to Sui Musheng. Sui Musheng looked quite happy and smiled and said, "In the future, if you want to learn chess on the eighth day of every month, you can come here to find me at Zishi. I will be a pair of chess friends for forgetting my age."

Liang Yan also smiled and said, "Boy should obey your order!"
Chapter completed!